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Jerzy Koźniewski

ID: OS-000416-P/109651

Jerzy Koźniewski

First name:

Jerzy

Last Name:

Koźniewski

Pseudonym:

Ostoja

Drugie imię:

Józef

Parents:

Czesława Koźniewska z Troczyńskich

Date of birth:

21-09-1926

Place of birth:

Poznań

Date of death:

04-09-2014

Age:

87

Profession:

politician, painter
participant in the Warsaw Uprising

Honours and awards:

Order Odrodzenia Polski

Biography:

Jerzy Józef Koźniewski (1926-2014), joined the underground in 1941. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising, under the pseudonym "Ostoja", and was responsible, among other things, for delivering weapons to the ghetto through the sewers. He was taken prisoner by the Germans, and after liberation moved to Great Britain. He became involved in politics: first as Undersecretary of State in Edward Szczepanik's first government, and then as Minister of the Treasury in Edward Szczepanik's second government.

Publikacja:

18.05.2023
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